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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

1792 - 1878

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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866. The third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was educated first by private tutors due to his fragile health and later at Westminster School and Edinburgh University before entering Parliament in 1813. In 1828 he took a leading role in the repeal of the Test Acts which discriminated against Catholics and Protestant dissenters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell has received more than 1,228,612 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). John Russell, 1st Earl Russell is the 5,583rd most popular politician (down from 4,757th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,020th in 2019) and the 189th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 5,583 out of 19,576. Before him are Wilfried Martens, Beatrice of Castile, Nikolay Shvernik, Władysław Raczkiewicz, George XII of Georgia, and Al-Musta'in. After him are Hisham III of Córdoba, Spiro Agnew, Lestek, Helena of Moscow, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Radagaisus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 20. Before him are James Mayer de Rothschild, Victor Cousin, Johann Peter Eckermann, Johan August Arfwedson, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, and Joseph Mohr. After him are Matteo Carcassi, Carlos Antonio López, Francisco Morazán, John Bowring, Francisco de Paula Santander, and Johann Georg Christian Lehmann. Among people deceased in 1878, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 24. Before him are Angelo Secchi, Henri Victor Regnault, Mariam Baouardy, Mercedes of Orléans, Carlo Blasis, and Władysław Tarnowski. After him are Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, Roberto de Visiani, Mindon Min, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, and Maurice Joly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 1,109 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Scruton (1944), Mark Phillips (1948), George Shaw (1751), Stevie Young (1956), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), and Winifred Wagner (1897). After him are Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), James Meade (1907), Colin Dexter (1930), Frederic Leighton (1830), Sydney Chaplin (1885), and Colin McRae (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 189. Before him are Chris Patten (1944), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936). After him are Alexander II of Scotland (1198), Warren Hastings (1732), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Francis Walsingham (1532), and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836).

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